Thanks Dennis. Canada's child poverty rate is 15.5 well below Sweden's rate
of 2.6. We have a lot of work ahead of us.


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From: "d.raphael" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2000 9:59 AM
Subject: [spiritof1848] US: child poverty and health disparities


> I assume Canada is in this report as well.
>
> Forwarded Message:
> From: Nancy Krieger <[log in to unmask]>
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> fyi ...
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 18:36:38 -0500
>
> >here is the website for the child poverty report:
> >http://www.unicef-icdc.org/pdf/poverty.pdf
>
> info on the recent and astonishing UNICEF Report, "CHILD
> POVERTY IN RICH
> NATIONS:  A LEAGUE TABLE" As you can imagine, the US stands
> near the
> bottom of rich nations, not only in failure to enact universal
> health
> insurance, but also in our tolerance of high levels of child
> poverty.
> This report ... shows the deplorable position of the US.  The
> report
> preface quote:
>
> "The persistence of child poverty in rich countries undermines
> both
> equality of opportunity and commonality of values.  It
> therefore confronts
> the industrialized world with a test both of its ideals and of
> its
> capacity to resolve many of its most intractable social
> problems."
>
> The US is 22nd out of 23 countries (above only Mexico) in the
> child
> poverty league, the percent of children living below national
> poverty
> lines (22.4%). The report discusses absolute and relative
> poverty, women's
> employment and poverty, child poverty in single or dual parent
> households;
> child poverty and unemployment rates; low wages & child
> poverty; social
> expenditure as a percent of GNP and child poverty; as well as
> the impact
> of tax & transfer policy on child poverty.  It looks at child
> poverty
> overall (the US is deplorable!) and at the persistence of
> child poverty.
> It looks at European commitment to monitoring child poverty,
> and the UK
> commitment to eradicating child poverty.
>
> It offers, from the Irish, an eight point campaign to
> eliminate poverty:
>
> 1.  Define & measure poverty.
> 2.  Prove there is a problem.
> 3.  Create awareness.
> 4.  Highlight risks to children.
> 5.  Appeal to a respect for human rights and fairness.
> 6.  Debunk myths.
> 7.  Build partnerships.
> 8.  Demonstrate need for action.
>
> It the US, as this report indicates, it would take 0.66% of
> GNP to eradicate
> child poverty.  Not much!
>
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